This is probably the most poetic take on link underlines I’ve ever read.
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Keeping track of the things I read, like, and bookmark on my own domains makes it a whole lot easier for me to find… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085939643709825026
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Dear M-Enabling Summit: we need to talk about your alt text flare
Dear M-Enabling Summit: seriously, why do accessibility pros have to keep passive-aggressively adding alt text to your images for you? It’s not like this is new or anything. This is, after all, 2019 and not 1995. It’s not even new by Twitter standards, and there are a metric ton of guides out there, some of them even written by accessibility pros, to show you how to use the feature. How is this not in the instructions you provide to your social media manager, assuming you have one? If you don’t, not adding it is even worse. If you can’t manage to do something as simple as adding alt text to your images, why on earth should anyone trust you to create a conference that provides valuable, accurate accessibility information?
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@detonite Thanks. I think it’s…
@detonite Thanks. I think it's turned into a full-blown rabbit hole which could be really bad for my productivity.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085906765894569984
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Read: “The practical value of semantic HTML” by Bruce Lawson from Bruce Lawson’s personal site
It’s easy to get cranky when semantic HTML is ignored by developers, and that’s usually my cue to quit for the day if possible. This is probably the funniest take I’ve read on the subject of HTML, and I kind of want to steal and modify slightly that footer text and use it on my personal site. This post is also written in a way that allows you to steal the points and add them to your notebook if you’re into that sort of thing.
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Watched: “Accessibility Mechanics” By Jared Smith from Technica11y. Necessary practical information for developers and probably assistive tech users who are advocating
Definitely some very useful information for developers. This stuff is core knowledge that needs to be grasped by developers before getting to the point of using tools or trying to test with assistive technology. I think it’s also useful information for testers as well as assistive technology users, if for no other reason than we are often tasked with doing advocacy work, and it’s to our advantage to try to make sure that the information we’re passing on is accurate so that accessibility problems can be fixed, and not just temporarily. Well, that’s the hope, anyway.
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@DerekRiemer I fixed it. The…
@DerekRiemer I fixed it. The original context now shows as expected.
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@DerekRiemer OK, fixed. I see…
@DerekRiemer OK, fixed. I see why the data didn't get pulled in. Added a second link for now.
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@DerekRiemer Wait that’s not showing…
@DerekRiemer Wait that's not showing up? Hang on let me add it to the content. It should have pulled it in from the summary/data fields.
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Read: “Blindness Charities And Money, Part 1: The Aggregation” by chris Hofstader. Fellow blind contractors, you now have a hard basis on which to start raising your rates when it comes to working with these organizations
I would encourage every blind person in the strongest possible terms to read the most recent article by Chris Hofstader and download the data. I would especially encourage the blind people who has been contracted by any of these organizations to do things like build websites or write software to read through this data and then make decisions with regard to whether or not you’re going to work with these organizations and how you are going to price your services based on this data and not the sob stories or excuses provided by these organizations when they plead lack of budget coupled with great need for your services. It’s one thing to suspect they’re screwing you over with no proof. It’s a very different, and bigger, ball of wax to know that they are screwing you over, have proof of it, and then contrast that with the “have a large impact”, “make a difference”, “help the cause”, “we’ll send you referals” kind of language that is so often used when they pitch for things like websites or apps. I will not only be reading through this data myself, but also passing this on to any blind person who has been my student, formally or otherwise, when it comes to WordPress.
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@khoath @LiamErven Yeah, no we…
@khoath @LiamErven Yeah, no we do not want users arbitrarily executing PHP scripts in their word press pages and po… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085413357052719104
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@khoath @Simon818 @remixman @LiamErven Yes…
@khoath @Simon818 @remixman @LiamErven Yes it was very much a fight.
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@remixman @LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath It…
@remixman @LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath It works by allowing users to build correctly marked-up, semantic layouts fo… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108649066926080
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@LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath That’s the…
@LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath That's the part that's so frustrating about the whole thing. The concepts behind it ar… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108365439787008
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@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven Info is…
@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven Info is slightly out-of-date, full accessibility audit is happening and definition of… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108103035711488
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@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven No, really,…
@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven No, really, I wouldn't advise that, because one of the things that's still being worke… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085107725179281408
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@khoath @Simon818 @LiamErven Both themes…
@khoath @Simon818 @LiamErven Both themes and plugins are still getting up to scratch on supporting the new editor b… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085107317669068800